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How to right click on a Mac (and why you should know)

January 17th, 2024 | Posted by jadmin in Mac | Maintenance | News | software | Software Updates | Tips - (Comments Off on How to right click on a Mac (and why you should know))

Knowing how you can Right Click on a Mac is something I would say everyone should know how to do. There are times that a right click can bring up useful time saving commands. For just one quick example, I use right click all the time from my browser when I’m reading something and want …
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Safari 12 + Mojave : breaks useful extensions in Safari

October 4th, 2018 | Posted by promacnyc in Mac | News | software | Software Updates - (Comments Off on Safari 12 + Mojave : breaks useful extensions in Safari)

  Safari 12 + Mojave : breaks useful extensions in Safari As detailed well in this article https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/macos-mojave-will-break-a-bunch-of-safari-extensions/ Safari 12, which is part of Apple’s new OS Mojave and which I have just installed for some testing, has in my opinion a fairly major pitfall that will affect many users including I’m afraid your humble …
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Safari 7.1 Update: Now where are my Extensions in the Toolbar?

October 3rd, 2014 | Posted by jadmin in Fix | How-To | Mac | software | Software Updates - (Comments Off on Safari 7.1 Update: Now where are my Extensions in the Toolbar?)

I just did an update in Mavericks for Safari 7.1. After installation all of a sudden my toolbar looks so naked. WHERE THE HELL ARE MY EXTENSIONS I HAD IN THERE? I looked all over the Menu, checked customize Toolbar and didn’t see anything about Extensions. A bit of searching on Google and I found …
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Advice on Safely Updating to OS X Mavericks (Mac OS 10.9)

November 17th, 2013 | Posted by promacnyc in Mac | Software Updates - (Comments Off on Advice on Safely Updating to OS X Mavericks (Mac OS 10.9))

I’ve gotten some calls from a few people about issues arising after they’ve updated to Apple’s new OS, Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9). As it might benefit some readers here I am putting up this relevant entry in the NY Time’s Personal Tech section recently which can be found at the URL below and the text …
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What is “Cloud Computing”?

July 31st, 2011 | Posted by promacnyc in Backup | Mac | News | software | Software Updates | Tips | Uncategorized - (Comments Off on What is “Cloud Computing”?)

You may heard the term ‘Cloud Computing’ in the news lately. What does it mean? This image is a good illustration. The term ‘Cloud Computing’ refers to an imaginary “cloud in the sky” – actually servers on the internet – a theoretical “place” where you upload your files to, then access them wherever you are. This …
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Readability! I LIKE THIS

January 27th, 2010 | Posted by promacnyc in How-To | Mac | News | Software Updates - (Comments Off on Readability! I LIKE THIS)

UPDATE! SAFARI 5.01 has a new feature called READER now built in which has the exact same functionality as Readability! Love it! Thank you Apple. Readability is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading. A client of mine with poor vision told me …
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More: Snow Leopard and HP (PSC 1350) printer issues & UPDATE

November 6th, 2009 | Posted by promacnyc in Mac | News | Software Updates - (Comments Off on More: Snow Leopard and HP (PSC 1350) printer issues & UPDATE)

Did an install recently of Snow Leopard; My client owned an HP PSC1350 All In One printer. And we find out post-install while I could get the printer online and printing fine with Snow Leopard, when I tried to use the Scanner however – it was not recognized. ARGH! So I checked the Apple list …
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Here is the link for the updated drivers just released (9/22/09) Many more drivers are supported! Direct link :   http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907 And this link from Macworld offers quite a few details on the HP printer/Snow Leopard story (with interesting note about HP seemingly telling customers after they found no driver for thier old printer to go buy …
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HP Officejet printers & Snow Leopard UPDATE 2

September 10th, 2009 | Posted by promacnyc in How-To | Mac | Maintenance | News | Software Updates - (Comments Off on HP Officejet printers & Snow Leopard UPDATE 2)

Update: Apple Software Update HP PRINTER DRIVERS 2.0 — yesterday notified me of a new software update for Snow Leopard Here is a direct link http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/hpprinterdriversformacosxv106.html Please post your success (or lack thereof) and/or comments.

Scanning in Snow Leopard is a bit different than in Leopard. In Leopard with my HP Officejet 5610 All In One printer, I had done scanning via HP’s application called HP Scan Pro, and/or the HP Device Manager.  In Snow Leopard however, this is changed. Scanning in Snow Leopard (10.6) is done directly from Apple’s applications, Image …
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